Harris

Gregory Lee Harris (Harris) and Clarence Edwards (Edwards) appeal from judgments committing them to state prison following their conviction of robbery by verdict.

They were charged and tried jointly and both were found guilty of robbery in the first degree committed while they were armed with a deadly weapon. Edwards was charged separately with possession of marijuana and with possession of restricted drugs committed on the same date as the robbery, and was found guilty of those additional offenses.

Facts

Evidence viewed most favorably to the respondent shows the following facts;

On February 2, 1968, Roger McDowell worked as an attend *90 ant at an American Oil Company gasoline service station from 3 p.m. to 12 midnight. The station was located at the southwest corner of the intersection of National Avenue, running east-west, and 43d Street, running north-south.

McDowell was the only attendant in the station when he first saw Harris and Edwards at about 9 :30 p.m.; they were walking across the service station lot to the sidewalk in front of a liquor store where they remained standing in front of the liquor store around the corner on 43d Street about 75 to 100 feet from the…